Oropetium
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
| Tribe: | Cynodonteae |
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| Genus: | Oropetium Trin. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Oropetium is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family.[2][3][4]
- (Stapf) Pilg. - tropical West Africa
- Stapf - Arabian Peninsula, desert and near-desert regions of Africa
- (Hochst.) Pilg. - Arabian Peninsula, eastern + northeastern Africa
- (Schult.) S.M.Phillips - India
- (L.f.) Trin. - eastern + northeastern Africa, Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar, Vietnam
- Stapf ex Bor - India
- Formerly included[1]
see Tripogon
- Oropetium africanum -
References[]
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Trinius, Carl Bernhard von. 1820. Fundamenta Agrostographiae page 98, plate 3
- ^ Tropicos, Oropetium Trin.
- ^ Phillips, S. M. 1975. A review of the genus Oropetium (Gramineae). Kew Bull. 30(3): 467–470
- ^ The Plant List search for Oropetium
External links[]
Categories:
- Chloridoideae
- Poaceae genera
- Chloridoideae stubs